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The Complete Works of Philippe Smit
by Andreas Narzt and Florence Castellani
Catalogue entry
PS 177 (P 163)
La fille aux cheveux d'or (The Girl with Golden Hair)
Alternate titles: Emma se peignant; La fille aux cheveux d'or; Woman Combing Hair
1917
Pastel on cardboard
38 3/8 x 28 5/8 in. (97.5 x 72.5 cm) (sight size)
Inscribed and signed (in pencil) and sigend and dated (in pastel) in the same area lower left: La fille aux [one word unreadable]/ Philippe and Philippe/ 1917 Mai
On the back: fragment of the exhibition label Philadelphia on the frame upper center.
Inventories
Inv. Les Pleignes, P. Damidot, 1938, LNC archives: no. P 163: p. 12, escalier, Pastel par Philippe Smit./ Emma se peignant. 6.000 [FRF].
Inv. Pitcairn, n.d. [c.1957], n.p., LNC archives: no. P 163 F: Rev. Theodore Pitcairn, Emma Combing Her Hair, Smit, Pastel, 38 x 28 1/2 [in.].
Provenance
Theodore Pitcairn (bought in 1937)
Nishan and Siri Yardumian (gift from the above)
Siri Yardumian Hurst
Exhibitions
1920 Sparren
Kunsthandel De Heem, Atelier 'de Sparren', Laren, Netherlands, Tentoonstelling Phillippe Smit, October 03–11, 1920, no. 24, as La fille aux cheveux d'or.1948 Maurs
Galerie Pierre Maurs, Paris, Peinture et Pastels de Philippe Smit, February 04, 1948, no. 75, as Emma se peignant, 1917 (CP) shown ?1960 Philadelphia
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Collection of the Rev. and Mrs. Theodore Pitcairn, June 17–September 15, 1960, no. 21, Pastel, 38 x 28 1/2 [in.], 1917, Woman Combing Hair, 11-1960-21 (title and n° on the exhibition label).Literature & Primary Sources
De Gooi- en Eemlander 1920b
"Tentoonstelling - Philippe Smit." De Gooi- en Eemlander (Hilversum), 23-10-1920, p. 2, as La fille aux cheveux d'or ("… volgende nummers: no. 24: 'la fille aux cheveux d'or' …").Niehaus 1955
Niehaus, Kasper. Philippe Smit, unkown genius. Revised and edited by Marjorie Bell. Typescript, 1955, p. 25-26, as Emma se peignant.Record last updated July 4, 2024. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Narzt, Andreas and Castellani, Florence. "La fille aux cheveux d'or (The Girl with Golden Hair), 1917 (PS 177)." In The Complete Works of Philippe Smit. www.philippesmit.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=177 (accessed on May 9, 2025).